Japan Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationIbaraki, Osaka, Japan
Established1927
Course(s)Ibaraki Country Club
(West Course)
Organized byJapan Golf Association
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥210,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Shaun Norris (2021)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Japan Aguri Iwasaki
Location Map
Ibaraki CC is located in Japan
Ibaraki CC
Ibaraki CC
Location in Japan
Ibaraki CC is located in Osaka Prefecture
Ibaraki CC
Ibaraki CC
Location in the Osaka Prefecture

The Japan Open Golf Championship (日本オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Nihon ōpun gorufu senshu kenkyōgi) is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan.[1]

The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2022. Between 1992 and 2021 it was the tour's designated "Flagship event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points.

The winner also receives an invitation to the following year's Open Championship.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (¥)		 Venue
2023 Japan Aguri Iwasaki 272 −8 2 strokes Japan Ryo Ishikawa 42,000,000 Ibaraki
(West)
2022 Japan Taiga Semikawa (a) 270 −10 2 strokes Japan Kazuki Higa 42,000,000 Sanko
2021 South Africa Shaun Norris 265 −19 4 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda 42,000,000 Biwako
2020 Japan Yuki Inamori (2) 275 −5 1 stroke Japan Hideto Tanihara 31,500,000 Murasaki
(Sumire)
2019 United States Chan Kim 285 +1 1 stroke Japan Mikumu Horikawa
South Africa Shaun Norris		 42,000,000 Koga
2018 Japan Yuki Inamori 270 −14 2 strokes South Africa Shaun Norris 40,000,000 Yokohama
(West)
2017 Japan Yuta Ikeda (2) 272 −8 1 stroke Japan Takumi Kanaya (a) 40,000,000 Gifuseki
2016 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 275 −5 3 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon		 40,000,000 Sayama
2015 Japan Satoshi Kodaira 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda 40,000,000 Rokko Kokusai
(East)
2014 Japan Yuta Ikeda 270 −10 1 stroke Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Satoshi Kodaira		 40,000,000 Chiba
(Umesato)
2013 Japan Masanori Kobayashi 274 −10 3 strokes Japan Koumei Oda 40,000,000 Ibaraki
(East)
2012 Japan Kenichi Kuboya 292 +8 1 stroke Philippines Juvic Pagunsan 40,000,000 Naha
2011 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 282 −2 Playoff Japan Kenichi Kuboya 40,000,000 Takanodai
2010 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 271 −13 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 40,000,000 Aichi
2009 Japan Ryuichi Oda 282 −6 Playoff Japan Yasuharu Imano
Japan Ryo Ishikawa		 40,000,000 Musashi
(Toyooka)
2008 Japan Shingo Katayama (2) 283 −1 4 strokes Japan Ryo Ishikawa 40,000,000 Koga
2007 Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) 283 −5 2 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama 40,000,000 Sagamihara
(East)
2006 Australia Paul Sheehan 277 −7 3 strokes Japan Azuma Yano 40,000,000 Kasumigaseki
(West)
2005 Japan Shingo Katayama 282 −2 2 strokes Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
Australia Craig Parry		 24,000,000 Hirono
2004 Japan Toru Taniguchi 285 −3 4 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
New Zealand David Smail
Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze		 24,000,000 Katayamazu
(Hakusan)
2003 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −8 2 strokes Japan Yasuharu Imano 24,000,000 Nikko
2002 New Zealand David Smail 271 −9 4 strokes South Korea Kim Jong-duck 24,000,000 Shimonoseki
2001 Japan Taichi Teshima 277 −7 4 strokes Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 24,000,000 Tokyo
2000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2) 281 −3 1 stroke Taiwan Lin Keng-chi 24,000,000 Takanodai
1999 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 298 +10 2 strokes Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara		 24,000,000 Otaru
1998 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki 24,000,000 Oarai
1997 Australia Craig Parry 286 +2 1 stroke Philippines Frankie Miñoza
Japan Seiki Okuda
Japan Masashi Ozaki		 24,000,000 Koga
1996 United States Peter Teravainen 282 −2 2 strokes Philippines Frankie Miñoza 24,000,000 Ibaraki
(West)
1995 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 277 −7 1 stroke Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 16,200,000 Kasumigaseki
(East)
1994 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 270 −18 13 strokes United States David Ishii
Japan Hideki Kase		 18,000,000 Yokkaichi
1993 Japan Seiki Okuda 281 −3 5 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki 18,000,000 Biwako
1992 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 277 −11 5 strokes Canada Brent Franklin
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto		 18,000,000 Ryugasaki
1991 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) 290 +2 Playoff Japan Noboru Sugai 18,000,000 Shimonoseki
1990 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 281 −7 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki 18,000,000 Otaru
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 274 −6 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones 10,000,000 Nagoya
(Wago)
1988 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 288 +4 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima		 10,000,000 Tokyo
1987 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 279 −9 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Nobuo Serizawa		 10,000,000 Arima Royal
1986 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Masashi Ozaki		 10,000,000 Totsuka
(West)
1985 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 285 −3 2 strokes Japan Hiroshi Makino 10,000,000 Higashinagoya
1984 Japan Koichi Uehara 283 −5 2 strokes Japan Koichi Suzuki 10,000,000 Ranzan
1983 Japan Isao Aoki 281 −7 Playoff Australia Terry Gale 8,000,000 Rokko Kokusai
1982 Japan Akira Yabe 277 −7 5 strokes Japan Yutaka Hagawa
Japan Naomichi Ozaki		 8,000,000 Musashi
(Toyooka)
1981 Japan Yutaka Hagawa 280 E 1 stroke Japan Kenji Mori
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima		 8,000,000 Nihon Line
1980 Japan Shoji Kikuchi 296 E 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa		 8,000,000 Sagamihara
(East)
1979 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung 285 −3 Playoff Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Koichi Uehara
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 8,000,000 Hino
1978 Spain Seve Ballesteros (2) 281 −7 Playoff Australia Graham Marsh 10,000,000 Yokohama
(West)
1977 Spain Seve Ballesteros 284 E 1 stroke Japan Takashi Murakami 10,000,000 Narashino
1976 Japan Kosaku Shimada 288 −4 1 stroke Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Takashi Murakami		 10,000,000 Central
(East)
1975 Japan Takashi Murakami 278 −10 3 strokes Japan Seiichi Kanai 8,000,000 Kasugai
(East)
1974 Japan Masashi Ozaki 279 −13 1 stroke Japan Takashi Murakami 6,000,000 Central
(East)
1973 Philippines Ben Arda 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki 4,500,000 Ibaraki
(West)
1972 South Korea Han Chang-sang 278 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Otone
(East)
1971 Japan Yoshimasa Fujii 282 Playoff Japan Hideyo Sugimoto Aichi
1970 Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta 282 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki Musashi
(Sasai)
1969 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto (2) 284 1 stroke Japan Shigeru Uchida Ono
1968 Japan Takaaki Kono 284 1 stroke Japan Kikuo Arai
Australia Bruce Devlin
Japan Namio Takasu		 Sobu
(East & Middle)
1967 Japan Tadashi Kitta 282 3 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii
Japan Teruo Sugihara		 Hirono
1966 Japan Seiichi Sato 285 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Ching-Po
Japan Tadashi Kitta
Japan Shozo Miyamoto		 Sodegaura
1965 Japan Tadashi Kitta 284 1 stroke Japan Seiji Kumada
Japan Shigeru Uchida
Japan Kenji Unno		 Miyoshi
1964 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto 288 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Ching-Po
Japan Kokuni Kimoto		 Tokyo
1963 Japan Toichiro Toda (2) 283 2 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara Yokkaichi
1962 Japan Teruo Sugihara 287 2 strokes Taiwan Chen Ching-Po Chiba
(Umesato)
1961 Japan Kenji Hosoishi 289 Playoff Taiwan Chen Ching-Po
Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
Japan Isao Katsumata
Japan Koichi Ono[a]		 Takanodai
1960 Japan Haruyoshi Kobari[b] (2) 294 5 strokes Japan Yoshimasa Fujii
United States Orville Moody
Japan Shiro Matsuda
Japan Koichi Ono[a]		 Hirono
1959 Taiwan Chen Ching-Po 296 Playoff Japan Yumasa Shimamura Sagamihara
1958 Japan Torakichi Nakamura (3) 288 4 strokes Japan Yoshiro Hayashi Takanodai
1957 Japan Haruyoshi Kobari 288 6 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii Aichi
1956 Japan Torakichi Nakamura (2) 285 8 strokes Japan Haruyoshi Kobari Kasumigaseki
(West)
1955 Japan Koichi Ono[a] (3) 291 5 strokes Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Hirono
1954 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi (2) 293 3 strokes Japan Michio Ishii
Japan Haruyoshi Kobari		 Tokyo
1953 Japan Son Shi-Kin[a] (2) 291 1 stroke Japan Torakichi Nakamura Takarazuka
1952 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 279 11 strokes Japan Shigeru Ishii Kawana Hotel
(Fuji)
1951 Japan Son Shi-Kin[a] 288 3 strokes Japan Koshio Kurihara Naruo
1950 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 288 1 stroke Japan Yumasa Shimamura Abiko
1942–1949: No tournament due to World War II
1941 Japan Tokuharu Nobuhara 290 3 strokes Japan Torakichi Nakamura Hodogaya
1940 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (6) 285 2 strokes Japan Toichiro Toda Tokyo
(Asaka)
1939 Japan Toichiro Toda 287 5 strokes Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Hirono
1938 Taiwan Rin Man-Puku 294 3 strokes Japan Toichiro Toda Fujisawa
1937 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui 284 7 strokes Japan Rokuzo Asami Sagami
1936 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (5) 293 1 stroke Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Naruo
1935 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) 296 8 strokes Japan Toichiro Toda Tokyo
(Asaka)
1934 No tournament due to flood damage
1933 Japan Kanekichi Nakamura 294 9 strokes Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui
Philippines Larry Montes		 Kasumigaseki
(East)
1932 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) 298 1 stroke Japan Akira Muraki Ibaraki
1931 Japan Rokuzo Asami (2) 281 4 strokes Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Hodogaya
1930 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) 287 19 strokes Japan Kokichi Yasuda Ibaraki
1929 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 298 2 strokes Japan Kokichi Yasuda Ibaraki
1928 Japan Rokuzo Asami 301 7 strokes Japan Kokichi Yasuda Tokyo
(Komazawa)
1927 Japan Rokuro Akahoshi 309 10 strokes Japan Rokuzo Asami Hodogaya
  1. ^ a b c d e Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
  2. ^ Defending champion Chen Ching-Po finished ahead of Kobari but was disqualified after signing for an incorrect score.

Future venues

References

  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.

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